Serviceman

Egan

840th

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Known so far only from the squadron morning reports: a surname, an Army serial number and the clerk's spelling. A roster name has not yet been matched to him.

Army serial number: 20245909
Rank: Pvt (11 June 1944), Pvt (7 July 1944), Cpl (25 September 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name

Morning reports

4 entries, first 11 June 1944, last 25 September 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pvt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

1944-06-11 840th: Above EM reclassified fr 521 to 747 per voco. OFFICER FLD 0 a CAPT 1ST LT
1944-07-07 840th: 4 Above N promoted to gr of Cpl per Par 2, so 128, Hq 483d Bomb GD (H), APO 520, dtd 16 Jul 44.
1944-07-19 840th: DI to fur C7 days).
1944-09-25 840th: 3 Hosp to dy. *** RECORD STATION OF EVENTS

National Archives pages: roll 478083643 p. 23, roll 481433713 p. 502, roll 481433713 p. 506, roll 570165454 p. 2652

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